Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 59! This update is for week 7 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share will be about virtual patching. I will explain how it works, why vPatching through Patchstack is different, and how it can save you from a lot of stress and anxiety when it comes to […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 58! This update is for week 6 of 2023. It is the start of February. This week, I learned a fun fact about something security related Automattic is leading the way on. In this week’s knowledge share, I will explain a proposed security standard that Automattic has […]
These are interesting times for open-source security. Over the past year or so we’ve seen a significant increase in collaboration when it comes to making the WordPress ecosystem safer. This is a strong signal that the community is moving towards a more mature approach to security – and this will benefit everybody. So in that […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 56! This update is for week 4 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share is for developers and site owners alike. I will be discussing how open source projects (really any code project) can show, not just tell, their users that their project’s code is secure and safe […]
In the dynamic world of web hosting, the foundation of your WordPress website’s security lies in the choice of your hosting provider. When it comes to your WordPress site, security isn’t merely an option – it’s an absolute necessity. A secure web hosting environment forms the bedrock of your site’s defense against an ever-evolving landscape […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 54! This update is for week 2 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share will continue the trend of new years resolutions. I am honored to share with you these simple tasks you can do, in hopes you will improve your website and business security maturity as we […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 53! This update is for the first week of 2023. I will start by wishing you a Happy New Year – and thank you for listening/reading! 2023’s first week’s news will include an update related to the LastPass compromise from last summer. The cloud-based password vault vendor […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 52! This update is for week 51 of 2022 and this is planned to be the last Patchstack Weekly of the year. This week’s news is about some interactions I had with an AI chatbot called ChatGPT. I will share this chatbot’s amazing ability to write code, […]
The purpose of this article is to provide information to developers and researchers regarding how vulnerabilities can exist in their plugins or themes and how these vulnerabilities can get patched up in order to increase the safety of the world-wide-web in general. Note that we will only provide basic information about these vulnerabilities. There is […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 51! This update is for week 50 of 2022. This week’s knowledge share is about a recent influx of patched security bugs affecting a single vendor. Don’t panic though, the bugs are low risk. The noteworthy part is the number of products affected by the same bug. […]